The man who was carefully selected by Han Renhe was once the third major general of Iwabuchi in the Yokosuka garrison, and his subordinate when he served as the captain of the seaplane carrier Kamui. He was also his apprentice in the Naval War School and the Gunnery School, in Tianjin.
After entering Zhuangzi safely, the Japanese Navy Lieutenant Colonel who was captured on the battlefield talked with Major General Iwabuchi for a full hour.
The lieutenant colonel's eloquence was pretty good, although it was unclear what exactly he and Major General Iwabuchi talked about. But an hour later, the Japanese navy, which was holding on to the last remaining position in Sun Zhengzhuang, sent someone to reply, as long as they promised to put down their weapons.
The lives of those who surrender are safe, the wounded are not slaughtered and the wounded are treated.
And strictly implement the preferential conditions proposed by those who persuaded them to surrender during the negotiations. We guarantee that the identities and names of all Japanese soldiers who surrendered in Sun Zhengzhuang will not be revealed until the end of the war, and that their families in the country will not be discriminated against, and their own personal safety will be guaranteed.
, they can choose to lay down their weapons.
The Special Operations Command, who was responsible for leading the team, was directly under the First Captain. In accordance with the previous instructions from his superiors, he responded to the Japanese request happily. With the consent of the Anti-Alliance Party, the Japanese Navy on the front line of Sun Zhengzhuang, the Japanese Navy, had
Under the leadership of the chariot captain who had lost all his equipment, they drove out of Zhuangzi one after another and surrendered all their weapons.
But that Major General Iwabuchi issued the order to surrender, and after everyone had disarmed, he took out his pistol and shot himself in the head. Unfortunately, this time he was not using the Nanbu, which jammed easily.
The Type 14 pistol is the Inagaki General Officer's Pistol issued to senior officers of the Japanese army.
This time there was no jammed pistol, so the man's suicide went smoothly. He didn't even have time for the adjutants and guards around him to react. However, the anti-alliance personnel who received the surrendered Japanese navy personnel did not even have time to react.
, the pistol that the Third Major General Iwabuchi put into his mouth had already blown half of the back of his head away.
The Inagaki-style pistol in his hand was originally a ceremonial pistol specially developed by the Japanese army for senior officers. In the early days of the Pacific War, the Japanese army won successively, including Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. The senior Japanese generals who participated in the war were very...
He became famous and attended many surrender ceremonies.
It's just that compared to the American and British officers at the surrender site who had straight military uniforms and wore gorgeously decorated high-end pistols, the Japanese officers from top to bottom were all wearing Southern Type 14 pistols, which was considered very embarrassing by the generals. The Japanese army won the victory.
, but looked like a loser. Therefore, at the request of senior commanders on the front line, the Japanese army quickly developed several specialized ceremonial pistols for senior officers.
However, after the development of these types of pistols, the Japanese army no longer had the opportunity to use them in the situations they originally envisioned. Instead, they became a reminder for many senior Japanese generals. The Japanese soldiers wearing these types of pistols were the first choice of their opponents no matter which battlefield they were on.
Hunting targets. Sometimes even more easily than the Japanese army's saber, it became a symbol for identifying senior officers of the Japanese army.
After all, except for the so-called family heirloom swords inlaid with gold and jade, it is difficult for ordinary people to quickly distinguish the sabers carried by generals and assistant officers. And these are very different from the Japanese military standard Nanbu Type 14 pistol in appearance.
A pistol can be distinguished at a glance.
Although the Japanese Navy hates those pistols developed by the Army, which are ugly in appearance and have even worse performance. Although junior officers are also equipped with the Nanbu Type 14 pistol, the senior officers of the Navy prefer the Browning type.
Western pistols. However, since they could no longer be imported, the Navy ordered a batch of Inagaki-style pistols for senior officers to use as sidearms and ceremonial guns.
This time Major General Iwabuchi was wearing the Inagaki-style Shogun pistol, so it did not jam at the critical moment. The combat performance of this purely ceremonial pistol is probably not as good as the Southern Type 14 pistol. But it is used to commit suicide at critical moments.
But it is much easier to use than the southern-style pistol. At least you don’t have to worry about getting stuck and getting stabbed at the critical moment.
After all, the Navy is different from the Army, which likes to commit seppuku. After all his subordinates put down their weapons, the rear admiral used the last few seconds to suddenly pull out a pistol and shoot himself in the head. No one knew
What on earth was he thinking, after he had agreed to surrender and the Anti-Japanese Alliance guaranteed his dignity as a soldier, he gave himself a shot?
Or did he shoot himself after all his subordinates had surrendered their weapons? In other words, this man only fired the gun after he had made sure that all his subordinates would not cause accidents by shooting themselves. This is how much
It was somewhat surprising to everyone, because no one would have thought that having reached that point, he would shoot himself and remain loyal to his empire.
And his Admiral's Sword was found by Han Renhe's men when they were cleaning the battlefield, and they found that it had been deliberately broken into two pieces. When the broken Admiral's Sword was sent to Du Kaishan's
When he held it in his hand, he understood what the Third Major General Iwabuchi was thinking in his mind at the moment he pulled out the gun.
This man must have had a very far-sighted vision, and he may have foreseen the irreversible failure of their empire. Although in order to save the lives of his subordinates, he finally chose to agree to the conditions of the Anti-Alliance. But he personally
But he refused to be a prisoner, even though his opponent's offer was very generous.
Still wanting to maintain his dignity as a general, he chose to protect his honor in the most military way. He ordered his subordinates to put down their weapons in order to preserve the lives of those young people when the defeat of the war was a foregone conclusion.
His empire will one day regain some of its vitality.
As an imperial navy general who had always only died in battle and had no tradition of surrender, he chose to be loyal to his empire at the last moment and maintained his dignity as a general. A true soldier, Du Kaishan gave
The third Major General Iwabuchi came to a conclusion.
Of course, Du Kaishan still doesn't know that if it weren't for the battle at Qikou, this rear admiral would have been transferred to the commander of the 31st Special Base Area stationed in the Philippines in a few months to command all Japanese naval forces stationed in the Philippines.
troops and all naval personnel.
And in the subsequent U.S.-Japanese Battle of Luzon, he used the crazy energy typical of Japanese soldiers. Even though his superiors had clearly ordered to abandon Manila, he failed to obey the orders of his army superiors. With the weapons in his hands,
The naval garrison stood firm in Manila and fought a fierce defensive battle with the U.S. troops who attacked Manila. The U.S. Fourteenth Army that participated in the battle suffered heavy losses.
In this tragic city defense battle, his troops transferred the anger caused by the defeat on the battlefield to the residents of the city. After a fierce battle, hundreds of thousands of people in Manila
The city was completely reduced to ruins.
During the entire Manila defense operation, more than 120,000 citizens were slaughtered and a large number of women were raped. Among them, they died from intensive artillery fire from both sides and the massacre carried out by the Japanese army before retreating during the war.
The vast majority of people died under the bayonets raised by the Japanese army out of anger when they were defeated.
After destroying the capital of the Philippines, the rear admiral did not take his few remaining troops to join the front commander who had withdrawn to Baguio, Luzon Island. Instead, he finally disappeared into the dense tropical jungle of Luzon Island.
In the middle, he was promoted to lieutenant general without knowing his life or death.
He also conveniently assigned his immediate boss in the Philippines to sweep away hundreds of thousands of British troops with inferior forces in the Malayan Campaign, known as the Malayan Tigers. During the Philippine Campaign, he was responsible for commanding the entire Philippine defense operations and served as the 14th Front Army.
The commander, General Yamashita Fengfumi, was sentenced to the American gallows for crimes against humanity.
Although what this man did in the Philippines was not as good as what his army predecessors did in Nanjing and Singapore, it was not far behind. As Yang Zhen said, during the entire war, all Japanese army officers above the rank of colonel
There are many officers, including some officers above the rank of major. Regardless of whether they are in the army or the navy, everything they do is high-level.
If Du Kaishan knew now that this man would have done this crazy thing a few months later if he had not died on the Qikou battlefield, it is probably unknown whether he would have given this evaluation.
It's just that this major general who single-handedly destroyed Manila and dragged more than 100,000 Manila citizens to be buried with him, at least now it seems that he will never see this day.
However, the third major general Iwabuchi died in Qikou, and the major general Akabane Sanyoshi who co-created the Manila tragedy with him is still alive and well. In other words, can the Manila tragedy more than half a year later be avoided?
It will not be avoided just because Major General Iwabuchi went to the West three times.
Looking at Han Renhe, who was a little downcast because Major General Iwayuan committed suicide three times, causing half of his mission to fail, Du Kaishan smiled and said: "Old Han, don't get angry. Isn't it just a Rear Admiral? I'll give it to you.
You two naval commanders, plus a group of officers on the ship, should be enough for you to go back and deal with No. 1. No matter how worthless these two naval commanders are, they are still as good as a rear admiral."
"Don't underestimate these two guys. One is Colonel Kusame Yonejiro of the battleship Yamashiro of the Japanese Navy, and the other is Colonel Oe Ranji, the captain of the Maya heavy cruiser. These are the several large ships that were sunk.
Above all, these two captains are the only two serious captain-level combat officers."
"When other warships were escaping, they did not dare to rescue them because they did not dare to act rashly in the minefield. However, when they were about to escape, they left several lifeboats for them. After all, they were two colonel-level officers.
They were afraid that their superiors would not be able to spare them if they refused to rescue them, so they abandoned several lifeboats and asked them to go ashore to seek help from the army."
"These guys are lucky. The lifeboats they rowed were covered by the firepower of my artillery group, and they landed almost unscathed. When my troops were mopping up the remnants of the enemy in Qikou, they took these few
The only guy who didn't escape with his butt naked was caught conveniently. If you take these two guys back for business, I don't think No. 1 will be too angry with you. After all, Iwabuchi wanted to die three times, so we can't
You didn’t expect that, did you?”
Regarding Du Kaishan's enlightenment and comfort, Han Renhe could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "Forget it, since it has happened, there is no use regretting it now. Fortunately, although the first prize is gone, these two great assistants in your hands
It can be regarded as a consolation prize. Lao Du, I won’t talk nonsense. I really want to thank you this time."
"I can't stay here forever. I'll leave you a squadron under your command to cooperate with you in the Qikou battlefield. But you have to protect the guys in the equipment department. Those people are the darlings of No. 1.
. These people are not good at fighting, but in some aspects, they can even match an armored division. If you lose one of them, I guess No. 1 will not be able to spare you."